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Open, honest dialogue about mental health is so important. These posts offer perspectives often missing from the conversation.
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Rooted in Rights 2023 and Beyond
Hello Rooted in Rights followers, contributors, and supporters! This is Allexa, the Director of Rooted in Rights (RiR), reaching out to you all to let you know of some changes to expect from RiR and some exciting things happening now!…
Tangled: Exploring the Overlapping Symptoms of ADHD and Trauma
CONTENT NOTE: discussion of domestic/child abuse . . . . . . . . . Hypervigilance, trouble focusing, dissociating, trouble maintaining relationships. These are only some of the common symptoms that overlap between ADHD and the effects of trauma. …
You Make Me Sick: The Dehumanizing Trauma of Disability Benefits Processes
CONTENT NOTE: in-depth discussion of trauma, including medical ableism, as well as brief mentions of childhood neglect and abuse, antisemitism, physical violence, and war/conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . One Sunday in…
Removing the Stigma of Alcoholism in the Teaching Profession
CONTENT NOTE: detailed discussion of substance abuse and trauma . . . . . . . . . . . I began drinking heavily during college when I took a semester off, moving from Boston back to Baltimore to…
The Costs of Burdening People with Medical Bills for Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization
Years ago, when I was a third-year law student just a few credits away from graduating, I experienced a serious mental health crisis. My psychiatrist at the time involuntarily committed me to a private psychiatric facility in Oakland, California. Because…
“Left on Read”: Coping with Communication Anxiety
Content note: trauma, abandonment, emotional abuse Fall comes around again, and I’m feeling like an angsty poet. All I need to do is find my Bette Porter to inspire my love poems. Alas, all I have is my Chicano Oldies…
Justice Should Not Mean Bringing Up Trauma for People with PTSD
Content notes: rape, violence, systematic injustice I used to call flashbacks time travelling. Partly to make light of the situation – is everything really that bad when you can compare it to a Doctor Who episode? (don’t answer that) – …
Frida Kahlo: A Bisexual Disabled Mexican Artist Marginalised in Life but Celebrated in Death
Content note: brief mention of cyber assault and suicide I find myself wondering how Frida Kahlo became such an icon. After all, not everyone can claim they are disabled, bisexual female artists of Mexican descent who attempt to live their…